Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:00:38 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: upgrade 7.2 Message-ID: <20090809140038.GB21588@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <496205.8560.qm@web65512.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> References: <20090808233414.171401065686@hub.freebsd.org> <496205.8560.qm@web65512.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
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--eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 10:09:30PM -0700, James Phillips wrote: >=20 > Okay, after reading this, I used the "WayBack Machine" to review the > printing section of the April 17, 2006 version of the Handbook. >=20 > I was not able to find anything that is writing a print-driver per-se. > In the "Advanced" section numerous shell scripts are described (some of > which use printer commands directly), but they tend to use filters from > the ports collection: > http://web.archive.org/web/20060417220024/www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO88= 59-1/books/handbook/printing-advanced.html >=20 > There is a section in the "Simple" section that explicitly says PS !=3D > PCL. Part of the problem may be I did not have documentation for my > printer, so did not know how to put it in postscript mode. >=20 > I really did feel I needed the PCL 4 documentation at one point. I'm > going to have to conclude I was mistaken. No biggie. We all make mistakes from time to time (even me). For most of my printing needs, I use an HP 4050N. Configuring CUPS to use it was very straightforward -- I just chose the most obvious values from the options presented to me, and everything worked beautifully. For most, if not all, network-attached HP printers, I rather suspect it'd be much the same. Anyway, best of luck with it. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Malaclypse the Younger: "'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkp+1oYACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXzMQCgwESSmhL3hzN2hEI5SZwXZZ1E gzEAn1XOS+fmaecBhLdk3XNvNwyi4Emb =gSW+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF--
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